Non-refillable bottle.



H. G.- WESTGATE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APlLll, 1911.

1,032,259. Patented July 9,1912.

WITNESSES 1' ENTOR 97/ (QWW UNIT AT r nnr ICE.

HARRY Gr. WESTGAIE, 0F UNION CEN ER, NEW YORK.

NQN-BEFILLA BLE BOTTLE.

in the peculiar and advantageous non-retillable bottle hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming aart of this specification: Figure 1 is a view, partly in diametrical section and partly in elevation of so much of a bottle as is necessary to illustrate the best practi cal en'il'icdiment of my invention that I have as yet devised. Figs. 2 and 3 are horizontal sections taken in the planes indicated by the lines 22 and 33, respectively, of Fig. 1, looking downward. Fig. 4 is a detail in verted plan illustrative of the element in which the valve seat is formed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The body A of the bottle is provided with a short upstanding tubular portion a, interiorly threaded at b and chambered at c; and the said portion a serves in combination with a comparatively large tubular section B to form the neck of the bottle, said tubular section B being reduced and exteriorly threaded at (Z to engage the thread 6 of the portion a, and glass or other suitable cement e being placed in the chamber 0. In this connection I would say that I prefer to dip the threaded portion cl of the section B in a body of glass cement, and then screw the said threaded portion (Z into the portion a of body A, whereupon the glass cement will occupy the mentioned chamber 0 and by reason thereof will be prevented from leaking into the body A.

The tubular neck section B is provided at its lower end with an interior thread f, and above said thread it has an upwardly tapered bore g, while at the upper end of the said taper bore the section is interiorly enlarged, as indicated by h, to form a support hereinafter referred to. The portion of the section above the support it is preferably shaped as shown to receive an ordinary cork Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11, 1911.

Patented July 9, 1912. Serial No. 620,352.

stopper or any other stopper that I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate.

In the lower interiorly threaded end of the neck section I3, I arrange an cxteriorly threaded body C which is apertured at i and chambered at j, and in the said chamber y" I suitably fix a cross-bar 7c. The aperture 2' is designed to form a seat for the vertically swinging valve D, hinged at Z to the body C, and the crossbar 7c is designed for the connection of a fine spring E, which is interposed between said crossbar and the I valve I), and is'possessed of net enough ten sion to close the said valve when outflowing liquid is not forcing the same outward. By reference to Fig. 1 it will be understood that nothing but a force exerted from the inside of the body A will open the valve D; also, that the bottle cannot be filled by laying it on its side, inasmuch as anything acting against the top or outer side of the valve I) only serves to hold the said valve the more tightly to its seat.

For the purpose of precluding the intro duction of an instrument to the lower portion of the neck, and the utilization of such an instrument to tamper with or hold the valve D open, I provide the peculiar and advantageous guard means illustrated. This guard means comprises a threaded stem F having a head m, an upper disk G loosely arranged on the said stem and having a countersink in its upper side to receive the head m, and also having ofi its center a vertical aperture 79, an intermediate disk II loosely arranged on the stem F and having an aperture 9' at a point oft its center, a lower disk I also loosely arranged on the stem and having an aperture 8 at a point off its center, a nut J threaded on the stem and disposed below the disk G to clamp the same against the head m, nuts K and L mounted on the stem and between which the disk H is clamped and held, and nuts M and N also mounted on the stem and between which the disk I is clamped and held. The guard means is placed in the bore of the neck section B precedent to the connect-ion of the said neck section, to the tubular portion a of the body, and by reason of the said bore in section B being tapered upward, and the disk G being arranged on the before-mentioned support it, and the disks H and I being of a diameter to snugly fit the upwardly tapered bore, it will be manifest that when the guard means is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, said means will be strongly and rigidly fixed in the tubular section B and there will be no liability of the guard means casually moving.

The apertures 70, 7' and s of the several disks G, H and I are arranged in staggered relation to further the purpose ascribed to the guard means as a whole, and here I would direct attention to an important feature of my invention, namelythe adaptability of the disks G, H and I to be readily adjusted on the stem and fixed in various positions thereon, so as to vary the relation of the apertures p, r and s, and so that when the section B is made of opaque glass, no one but the authorized party who puts the guard means in the neck section B will be cognizant of the manner in which the disks are placed to relatively dispose the apertures in the disks, which apertures are for the outward flow of liquid. The body A and the tubular section B are preferably of glass, while the remaining elements comprised in the improved construction are preferably of a metal or metals suitable to the purpose.

In practice, liquid may be poured with facility from the body A and through the neck of the bottle, the valve D giving outward under the pressure of the liquid and permitting the liquid to pass the same. hen, however, the outward pressure of liquid against the valve D ceases, the spring E will immediately return the valve D to and hold it against its seat, and from this it follows that liquid cannot be introduced into the bottle past the valve D, no matter in what position the bottle is arranged.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a body, a neck section connected to the body and having a bore tapered or reduced in size upward and also having a support at the upper end of said bore, a suitably-supported outwardly opening valve intermediate the interior of the body and the interior of the said neck section, and guard means arranged in the neck section and comprising a vertical-central threaded stem, disks mounted on and rotatable about said stem and having vertical apertures arranged off their centers; one of the said disks resting on the said support in the neck section, and the other disk resting in the taper bore and being held against upward movement by said taper, and the disks being rotatable relative to each other whereby the relative arrangement of the apertures can be changed, and nuts mounted on the stem and adapted when set against the disks to fix the same to the stem.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combina 'tion of a body, a neck section thereon and having a bore, a suitably-supported outwardly opening valve intermediate the interior of the body and the interior of the neck section, and guard means suitably supported in the neck section and comprising a stem, disks mounted on the stem and spaced from each other and having apertures off their centers; one of the said disks being loose on the stem and rotatable wit-h respect to the other whereby the relative arrangement of the apertures can be changed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses.

HARRY G. WESTGATE.

WVitnesses:

FRANK M. STEWART, CHAS. B. WATSON.

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